ABSTRACT

In the past, several models of consciousness have become popular and have led
to the development of models for machine consciousness with varying degrees of
success and challenges for simulation and implementations. Moreover, affective
computing attributes that involve emotions, behavior and personality have not
been the focus of models of consciousness as they lacked motivation for
deployment in software applications and robots. The affective attributes are
important factors for the future of machine consciousness with the rise of
technologies that can assist humans. Personality and affection hence can give
an additional flavor for the computational model of consciousness in humanoid
robotics. Recent advances in areas of machine learning with a focus on deep
learning can further help in developing aspects of machine consciousness in
areas that can better replicate human sensory perceptions such as speech
recognition and vision. With such advancements, one encounters further
challenges in developing models that can synchronize different aspects of
affective computing. In this paper, we review some existing models of
consciousnesses and present an affective computational model that would enable
the human touch and feel for robotic systems.